The Spite Play

84

Author: Aeliana Thorne

84

ADELINE

“You should dress warmer. It’s getting colder.”

“Okay, Mum.”

Reid gives me a look that could melt a glacier. “I’m serious.”

“I know, Mum.”

He pulls the scarf tighter around my neck until I feel like a bundled-up potato. A slightly overpriced potato. I don’t even mind. He’s right — autumn’s creeping in, October’s coming, and Brooks and Maisie’s wedding is around the corner.

Speaking of Mais